Category: Boats

Go for a ride with Ron Snyder driving HELTER SKELTER E-686. This 280 cu in class vintage hydroplane owned by Phil Kunz was filmed by W. Reed Beckjord while running an exhibition flyby at Rocky Fork, Hillsboro, Ohio in 2012.

The last quarter for 2021 is posted. APBA Vintage events are listed.Many thanks to Phil Kunz for allowing TVH to use his photographs.

J-777 IMAGE A brand new Staudacher owned by Bobby Howard but driven by Marty Niles in St-Pete in 1979. This is the first photo from a sequence of 13 photos taken by Phil Kunz. Watch a video photo slideshow to see the sequence pf photos taken in order. You’ll note …

So nice to see APBA Vintage events back on the Monthly Calendars. Many thanks to Phil Kunz for allowing use of his photographs.

In the mid 1970s, Steve Ball of San Diego, California designed and built this unique 21′ boat and powered it with a Fiat engine to compete in the 850-cc hydro class. They went on to set a World Straightaway Speed Record in 1975 averaging 101.47 mph through the trap. More …

Bullet Bob Schroeder returning to the pits in U-54 Wildroot Charlie. The white boat in the foreground is my Uncle Ray DeGlopper in his Eby & DeGlopper Marine dealership committee boat. Bill DeGlopper